They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn't seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible. Eric Clapton bitdifficultdrawing Change image and share on social
Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that'll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months. Eric Clapton adjustarrowbow share on social
The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn't really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and I talked my grandparents into buying it for me. I tried and tried and tried, but got nowhere with it. Eric Clapton buygrandparentguitar share on social
Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn't fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldn't find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know. Eric Clapton activitycurriculumfind share on social
I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life. Eric Clapton anomalouslifequiet Change image and share on social
I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire. Eric Clapton direeasilyguy Change image and share on social
I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I'm handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I've got to consider how it's going to affect people. How it's going to affect me, as well. Because it's like a cycle. Eric Clapton affectcyclefeel share on social
I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there. Eric Clapton addictiveamplifyborder Change image and share on social
I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues. Eric Clapton archiearmstrongblue share on social
The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band. Eric Clapton bandchicagoidentify Change image and share on social
